Remi Mommsen wrote:
Hi,
I'm switching btw the 10.4-transitional and 10.4 tree by setting a
symlink from /sw to the 2 fink directories having the 10.4-transitional
and 10.4 distributions active, respectively. I also linked the
/sw/fink/debs directory btw the 2 directories to avoid rebuilding debs
already built in one tree in the other when they bear the same version.
However, the symlinks created by Fink use /sw/fink/dists in the target
path. Thus if I change the /sw symlink pointing to the other tree, the
target path points to a non-existent deb file. I modified get_debpath in
PgkVersion.pm to replace the generic dists with the actual distribution.
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I guess this can be also useful for the normal user, i.e. without a
hacked fink setup, when the switch from the 10.4-transitional to the
10.4 tree takes place. It would allow to retain access to the deb files
built under the old tree.
I agree. This would have been very useful already for the
10.3/10.4-transitional switch, where the current system forced people to
jump through several hoops (the newly built fink switched the dists
symlink, thereby making its own deb disappear, and a subsequent "fink
reinstall fink" errored out).
OTOH, I am more and more convinced that all the energy that currently
goes into constructing an upgrade path from 10.4-transitional to 10.4 is
misspent and would better be used for getting new bindists faster out of
the door. What I would love to see is support for the sequence
a. dump list of currently installed packages
b. rm -rf /sw
c. install new Fink from bindist installer or bootstrap
d. fink install < list of previously installed packages
We had support for a and d at one time by producing a package that has
all currently installed packages as dependencies, but it was shot down
for the single reason that debfoster might get confused by this. I'd
rather dump debfoster and get such a system back.
--
Martin
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